The quotes from Christian Meunier doesn’t talk about any of that. He’s not expounding on the benefits in performance of EVs. None of his statements are about instant torque or mechanical simplicity being a boon to off-roading culture. They are all literally lip service to the green energy, save the world from oil, and…
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fully sustainable and I think that’s why when I said we want to become the greenest SUV brand in the world,
This is most certainly NOT the point. The point is that the Chinese have put back doors into every piece of telecomm gear these guys have shipped worldwide.
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That’s because it is an econo-car with BMW “styling” grafted on.
Winterlegacy really hit the nail on the head. I am uncertain you’re familiarity with fire/rescue operations let alone fire apparatus. If there wasn’t call volume and you only needed to count on going to maybe 2-3 calls a day, maybe, maybe it would be an option. Busier departments tend to run 10-15 if not more a day…
Totally agree with winterlegacy. Electrification may work for smaller support service vehicles but fire equipment need to A) Be able to remain onsite for hours B) Be capable of operating in high-temp, very wet environments and C) Must be able to turn around in minutes and possibly be deployed in back to back events.
While this might be a good option for small-scale fires such as someone’s chicken coop lighting on fire, I don’t see this making any inroads into anything more rural than a somewhat dense suburban area.
The original word on the Escala was that it was slated to sit above the CT6 as a “top tier” rival to the German luxury offerings. Ergo the CT5 is not the production Escala, as it is positioned below the CT6 in the line up (they certainly borrowed some Escala design cues for it though; and yet didn’t really follow…
Sweet, now that names are back, we can get back to the cars Cadillac should be making:
Neutral: Most people who own cars do not love cars. This is apparent by looking at what people drive (mostly silver crossovers and underutilized pickup trucks), how those vehicles are maintained (“It’s been making that noise for months, but I’ve just been turning the radio up.”) and how they are driven (badly, in case…
Actually, he’s 77, an old-school hot rodder who’s built well over 100 jaw-droppingly beautiful cars in his life and probably knows more about cars than most people you’ll ever meet. His cars routinely get trophies, and he still drag raced until last year (when his arthritis couldn’t take the g-forces of acceleration…
In China, about 70% of the 1.2 million electric or gasoline-electric hybrid models sold over the past year went to government and company fleets,
Let me understand this: Ford decided that the future was in SUV’s and crossovers so they’re ditching their entire car lineup? Then they can’t seem to get their act together on their 2nd bestselling model? The Exploriator has been recalled, built shoddily and now doesn’t even come with a ‘Top Safety Pick’ rating? Some…
Free public transit wouldn’t make me take public transit. Heck, they could *pay* me and I still wouldn’t want to take it. The whole point of having a car (for me, at least) is to avoid having to see other people and wait on schedules for public transit.
So crazy how Ford had to kill the panther platform and they did not have a replacement ready to go. I guess pickup truck sales made up the difference to their bottom line but I still can't believe how ford had a whole industry for nearly 30 years and let it go so easily.
The new one’s overhangs are 2" longer total. I don’t think that’s it. Pedestrian safety standards are likely the real issue.
This was a great car.
Literally every concept from Cadillac.